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Sacred Liturgy - Holy
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The PascHal
TriduUm
 In
the Triduum, or Three Days, Holy Thursday, Good Friday and
Holy Saturday ,the Church gives us a singularly dramatic,
intense and richly symbolic expression of the very heart of
Christian belief. Even in our unspiritual time and culture,
the Triduum and Easter reaffirm the essence of the Church's
central beliefs in the strongest possible way a way which
penetrates the deepest recesses of the human heart, and
calls forth a response from all, young and old, rich and
poor, and in every state of life.
Through the Church's continued observance of many ancient
liturgical traditions, and also the restoration of the
ancient Easter Vigil, the liturgical expression of these
core truths of the faith during Holy Week is without
parallel. Although the penitential season is now less severe
than in times past, and some inspiring symbols and devotions
were lost in the confusion of rapid and sometimes erroneous
liturgical changes after the Second Vatican Council, for the
believing Catholic the days of Holy Week make it possible
even for us, who are so easily distracted by the world and
its enticements, to concentrate with our entire being on the
Events which assured us of God's inestimable love, and which
made possible our Salvation.
By participating in the liturgy of the Church and by
increasing our own observance of these holy days in our
homes, we can deepen our understanding of these Events in
the history of Salvation.
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